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CHEMOSPHERE
Volume 67, Issue 8, Pages 1469-1476Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.01.001
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marine macroalgae; 2,4,6-trinitroluene; biotransformation
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Axenic plantlets derived from three species of marine macroalgae, the temperate green alga Acrosiphonia coalita, the temperate red alga Porphyra yezoensis, and the tropical red alga Portieria hornemannii, all possessed a similar metabolic route to remove the explosive compound 2,4,6-trinitrotolune (TNT) from seawater. At a biomass density of 1.2 g l(-1) and initial TNT concentrations of 10 mg l(-1) or less, TNT removal from seawater was 100% within 72 h for P. hornemannii and P. yezoensis. Specific rate constants for TNT uptake were 0.016-0.018 l g(-1) FW h(-1) for A. coalita filaments, 0.047-0.062 l g(-1) FW h(-1) for P. yezoensis blades, and 0.037-0.049 l g(-1) FW h(-1) for P. hornemannii microplantlets. Only trace amounts of TNT were found within the biomass. All species reduced TNT to 2-amino-4,6-dinitrotoluene and 4-amino-2,6-dintrotoluene, but these products never accounted for more than 20% of the initial TNT. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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